Paz Vega
Born
January 2, 1976 (1976-01-02) (age 31)
Seville, Spain
Official site
Paz-Vega.com
Paz Campos Trigo (born January 2, 1976), better known as Paz Vega, is a Spanish actress.
Contents
- 1 Biography
- 1.1 Early life
- 1.2 TV career
- 2 Filmography
- 3 Awards and nominations
- 3.1 Premios Goya
- 3.2 Premios Unión de Actores
- 3.3 Fotogramas de Plata
- 3.4 European Awards
- 3.5 Cannes Festival
- 3.6 Imagen Foundation
- 3.7 Phoenix Film Critics Society
- 3.8 CÃrculo de Escritores Cinematográficos
- 3.9 Sant Jordi Awards
- 3.10 Ondas Award
- 4 Personal life
- 5 References
- 6 External links
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Biography
Early life
Vega was born in Seville, AndalucÃa and takes her stage name from her grandmother. After attending a performance of Federico GarcÃa Lorca's La casa de Bernarda Alba at the age of 15 she was convinced that she wanted to become an actress. After completing compulsory education at 16, she was accepted at the prestigious Centro Andaluz de Teatro stage school. After two years at the stage school and two more years studying journalism, Vega moved to Madrid.
TV career
Vega made her television debut in the Spanish TV series Menudo es mi padre, which starred pint-sized rumba singer El Fary. After appearing in two other series in 1997 - Mas que amigos and teen drama Compañeros - she went on to grace the silver screen in 1999 in Zapping. The same year she also had a minor role in the David Menkes movie I Will Survive (Sobreviviré) alongside Emma Suarez, Juan Diego Botto and a cameo from Boy George.
She made her big break in 7 Vidas, also in 1999. The series was billed as a Spanish Friends and went on to become one of the country's best-loved domestic sitcoms. Vega played Laura, a perky Andalucian girl who had come to stay with David, who had recently come out of a coma. The series was broadcast on Telecinco and finished April 12, 2006, albeit without Vega.
Filmography
Year
Film
Director
Character
2008
Las seis mujeres de Henry Lefay
Howard Gould
2007
Fundido a negro (Fade to black)
Oliver Parker
2007
Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo
Ray Loriga
Santa Teresa de Jesús
2007
Le Mas des alouettes
Paolo Taviani
Nunik
2006
Dame 10 razones
Brad Silberling
Scarlet
2006
Los Borgia
Antonio Hernández
Caterina Sforza
2005
Spanglish
James L. Brooks
Flor
2004
Di que sÃ
Juan Calvo
Estrella Cuevas
2003
Carmen
Vicente Aranda
Carmen
2002
Novo
Jean-Pierre Limosin
Isabelle
2002
El otro lado de la cama
Emilio MartÃnez Lázaro
Sonia
2002
Hable con ella
Pedro Almodóvar
Amparo
2001
LucÃa y el sexo
Julio Médem
LucÃa
2001
Sólo mÃa
Javier Balaguer
Angela
2000
El chico en la puerta (Corto)
2000
Sobreviviré
Alfonso Albacete
azafata'
2000
Nadie conoce a nadie
Mateo Gil
Ariadna
1999
Zapping
Juan Manuel Chumilla
Elvira
1998
Perdón, perdón
Manuel RÃos San MartÃn
MarÃa
1997
Más allá del jardÃn
Pedro Olea
Awards and nominations
Premios Goya
Año
CategorÃa
PelÃcula
Resultado
2001
Anexo:Goya award best actress Best actress in a leading role
Sólo mÃa
NOMINATION
2001
Best breakthrough actress performance
LucÃa y el sexo
WON
Premios Unión de Actores
Año
CategorÃa
PelÃcula
Resultado
2001
best actress in a leading role
Sólo mÃa
NOMINATION
2001
Best breakthrough actress performance
LucÃa y el sexo
NOMINATION
Fotogramas de Plata
Year
Category
Film
Result
2003
Best actress
Carmen
NOMINATION
2002
Best actress
El otro lado de la cama(the other side of the bed)
NOMINATION
2001
Best actress
LucÃa y el sexo y Sólo mÃa
NOMINATION
European Awards
Year
Category
Film
Result
2003
Viwers award best actress
Carmen
Candidata
Cannes Festival
Year
Category
Film
Result
2001
Trofeo Chopard best breakthrough performance
LucÃa y el sexo
WON
Imagen Foundation
Year
Category
Film
Result
2004
Best actress
Spanglish
NOMINATION
Phoenix Film Critics Society
Year
Category
Film
Result
2004
Best breakthrough performance
Spanglish
WON
CÃrculo de Escritores Cinematográficos
Year
Category
Film
Result
2001
Best actress
Sólo mÃa
NOMINATION
Sant Jordi Awards
Year
Category
Film
Result
2001
Best Spanish Act
LucÃa y el sexo y Sólo mÃa
WON
Ondas Award
Year
Category
Film
Result
2001
Best actress
LucÃa y el sexo
WON
Personal life
Vega and her husband, Orson Salazar, welcomed their first child, Orson on May 2, 2007. [1]
References
^ "Spanglish Actress Paz Vega Is Pregnant" article from People
External links
- Paz Vega's official web-site
- Paz Vega at the Internet Movie Database
- Paz Vega - Askmen.com
- Paz Vega - Spanish Commercial
- Paz Vega - interview with CNN, January 2007
- Paz-Vega-Online - The first fansite dedicated to Paz